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Spunky
Member
10-08-2001
| Thursday, August 09, 2007 - 10:34 pm
Kaili, you are right... maybe I was more positive than necessary, not All of them, not All... you're right.
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Beckie03
Member
07-05-2007
| Thursday, August 09, 2007 - 10:35 pm
Oh ok, soory rslover...
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Leafsweetie
Member
06-29-2005
| Friday, August 10, 2007 - 2:43 pm
I'm more offended by the "greedy" and "big nose" comments. I'm Middle Eastern and no one in my family has a big nose. I'd say out of 40 or so first cousins, 3 have semi-big noses. Jews I know are generous and not cheap at all. So the stereotypes are just that - stereotypes. They in no way represent actuality for the majority of Jews or Middle Eastern people.
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Friday, August 10, 2007 - 2:56 pm
excuse me, just like all other peoples there is a wide range of noses and financial prowess. These stereotypes are pretty much what caused nazi germany except you forgot to to mention the matter of being dirty. <77>
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Lurknomore
Member
07-07-2001
| Friday, August 10, 2007 - 2:57 pm
What about when she went on and on about how she never gets along with Jews and they are always sneaky and greedy and even when she thinks she likes one she finds out they are not nice people. If anyone didn't listen to all of her going off, you should as it was VERY anti-semitic, and of course horribly judgemental and vile IMHO
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Mamabatsy
Member
08-05-2005
| Friday, August 10, 2007 - 3:17 pm
Why am I trying to survive on a small pension and social security and still manage to contribute to several worthy causes? Never had a nose job and don't have a large nose. Come from Euorpean stock, not Middle Eastern... maybe I'm not really Jewish. I forgive people their ignorance, but I do get upset when after I've known someone for a while and think they are my friend, they ask if I had a nose job. I can never feel the same about them. Also, I make sure that when I first meet someone I tell them I'm Jewish right away because in my life, I've had to listen to people like Amber start to tell me their views and I just do not want to hear it. We are not all good and we are not all bad, we just are.... like everyone else.
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Friday, August 10, 2007 - 3:21 pm
Amber's rant is featured on the AOL opening page. Yikes!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, August 10, 2007 - 3:22 pm
CNN, Showbiz Tonight, FoxNews, International news (British), it's one of the most watched items on YouTube right now, and in discussions all over the internet. But it's not worthy of pointing out on Big Brother's tv show? Oh brother! Let's hope the media pressure-cooker has the producers shine a light on this crap before the end of the season! Oh and btw, many Jewish folks are deeply offended by the stereotypical portrayal of Shylock in The Merchant of Venice, as many Black folks are about their portrayal in the Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn books. (Artistically I don't have a problem with any of it. But it becomes a SERIOUS PROBLEM when people believe this garbage!) I hear ya Mamabatsy! Someone got mad at me once when they found out I am Jewish, because I have a small nose so they didn't realize it. Sigh. And no, nobody in my family has a big, hooked nose, and nobody had surgery on their schnozzes either.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, August 10, 2007 - 3:35 pm
Just had a thought. All the media attention on Amber's cheerful bigotry and anti-semitism may improve things in the short-run anyways, due to the moral outrage and educational discussions its engendering. Almost makes me want to thank her for shining a light on something so hushhush in this PC world. Almost, but not quite. LOL!!!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, August 10, 2007 - 3:40 pm
Of course that is a completely stereotypical characterization! and Amber was not meaning anything she said in a flattering way. Of course we have Eric asking if black girls (he was talking about Amber's braids at the time) can take showers? I gather Jameka was naturally offended by that but the feeds went to vortex, as reported and I never heard more about THAT.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, August 10, 2007 - 3:50 pm
Yeah, Sea, this bunch are simply lovely aren't they? (rolling eyes here) Why BB chooses to portray them selectively and not in all their, um glory, continues to mystify me. One hopes that with all the media attention that BB will cave and not be the last to deal with this disgusting issue.
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Friday, August 10, 2007 - 3:59 pm
Wasn't there a BIG uproar over some rude and racist remarks made by one of the UK BB players in the last year or so? I believe they were removed from the show by BB after a huge public outcry.
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Mamabatsy
Member
08-05-2005
| Friday, August 10, 2007 - 4:16 pm
Wasn't there a BIG uproar over some rude and racist remarks made by one of the UK BB players in the last year or so? I believe they were removed from the show by BB after a huge public outcry. On UK Celebrity BB several of the females ganged up on an Indian movie star and it almost caused an international incident. This time round on the regular BB one housemate used the "N" word and was removed from the show within hours.
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